Posted by shelliR on May 25, 2001, at 9:05:57
In reply to Re:Loftus Shelli, posted by mila on May 25, 2001, at 8:13:34
Mila,Basically, reading your post made me feel sick inside. I thought I had learned to not get involved in any discussions concerning false memories, but your mention of the website documenting uncovered, collaborated repressed memories, led to me to let down my defenses about it.
>Loftus is not wrong, she is not completely right.
Either there are repressed memories which become conscious or there's not. Since there are and they are collaborated ,and since she says that there are absolutely not--that it is impossible, she is absolutely wrong in that particular area. If you can justify her participation in dozens of trials against rapists as fair representation in the court system, fine; I see her as a woman who took on a lie and relently held on to it despite so much contrary evidence and tried to spread it. And attempted to revictimize truama survivors.
And as far as her research being brilliant--we must have a very different sense of what is brilliant. I also have a masters degree in psychology and I can analyze methodology as well as the next person. Many of her studies involve Ns of 1, 2 or 3. And her biggest N is the holocaust--no interviews just interpretation. Brillant.
Of course you are free to believe and write what you want on this board. But any posts directed to me by you and probably anyone else regarding false memories I will no longer read. It's not even debatable and wastes my emotional energy.
I hope this time I have learned what thought I had already learned.
Shelli
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